Necktie rack



Oct. 10, 1950 A. FENZL NECKTIE RACK Filed March 17, 1947 Patented Oct.10, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 4 Claims. 1 My invention relatesgenerally to racks for neckties, and more particularly to a rack of thistype in which the ties are held from slipping and falling from the rack.

In ordinary tie racks, difiiculty is experienced,

in preventing the ties from slipping from the support. It is thereforethe primary object of my invention to provide .an improved tie rackcomprising a pair of tie supporting rods and an additional pivoted rod"by which a force may be applied to the portions of the ties extendingbetween the fixed rods so as tointroduce additional bights in the tiesand thereby greatly increase the friction betwen'the ties and these rodsso as to prevent them from slipping therefrom A further object is toprovide atie rack which is simple in construction, neatin appearance,and upon which the ties may be easily placed and removed.

Other objects will appear from the following description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a perspectiveview of the complete tie rack illustrating particularly its manner ofuse;

Fig. 2 is a left end elevation of the tie rack;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a tie rack, taken on the line 3--3 of Fig.1;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view, taken on the line 4--4 of Fig.l; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective View of the pivotal connection ofthe movable rod and lefthand bracket, shown to an enlarged scale.

The tie rack comprises apair of brackets ID and I2, having flanges Mprovided with holes for securing the bracket to a suitable support. InFig. 1, the support is illustrated as a suitably finished board It whichmay in turn be secured to a wall, door, or article of furniture in anymanner desired. In other instances the brackets l0 and I2 may bedirectly secured to the supporting wall or door.

The brackets l0 and I2 are joined by a pair of fixed necktie supportingrods l8 and [9 which are spaced from one another and extend in parallelrelation in a substantially horizontal plane. The ends of these rods arefixed to the brackets Ill and I2 by any suitable means, such as byscrews 20 threaded in the ends of the rods, suitable washers 22 beinginterposed between the ends of the rods and the brackets, as illustratedin the enlarged view of Fig. 4.

The bracket I0 is provided with a vertical elongated slot 24 which isbridged near its lower end by a pivot portion 26. A pressure rod 28 hasa keyhole slot formed in the end thereof, the narrow portion of thisslot being of slightly greater width than the thickness of the bracketl0, While the cylindrical portion of the slot is of sufficient diameterto accommodate the pivot portion 26 and to permit the rod to pivotfreely thereon.

As best shown in Fig. 3, the bracket 12 is provided with awide'mouthedslot 32 which extends downwardly from the upper edge of thebracket and at its lower end has an upwardlyturned locking portion 3 1'In using the rack, the pressure rod 28 is swung upwardly through theslot 32 about its pivot 26 to a diagonal or vertical position, asindicated by the dot-dash lines in Fig. '1, and the ties to be supportedare placed across the rods l8 and ill, the portions of the ties restingbetween the bars I8 and 19 being initially horizontal, as indicated bythe tie shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. the ties have been placed uponthe rack, the pressure rod 28 is swung downwardly and then upwardly intothe notch 34. In doing so, the pressure rod flexes the portions of theties intermediate the rods !8 and I9 to cause them to assume the shapesindicated by the ties 36 shown in full lines in Fig. 1. When in thisposition, the frictional forces between the ties and the rods l8, l9,and 28 is greatly increased by virtue of the increase in areas ofcontact between the ties and the rods l8 and I9, and because of theadded I friction between the ties and the pressure rod 28. The pressurerod, in pressing the center portions of the ties downwardly asdescribed, also places the portions of the ties between the rods l8 andI 9 under slight tension, which also is a factor in providing increasedfriction of the ties against the rods. The weight of a few ties on therack is sufficient to hold the rod 28 in the locking portion 34 of theslot 32.

Whenever it is desired to remove any tiefrom the rack, it may easily bedone merely by grasping the depending forward end of the tie and pullingupwardly, holding the adjacent ties against movement. The ties may beoverlapped as indicated by the ties shown in solid lines in Fig. l, andthe capacity of the rack is therefore very great, considering the lengthof the rods.

If desired, the ends of the pressure rod 28 adjacent the keyhole slot 30may be bent toward each other slightly after having been passed over thepivot 26, so as permanently to attach the pressure rod 28 to the bracketand prevent it from being lifted from the bracket Ill when the rod israised to its vertical position.

While I have shown and described a preferred After I embodiment of myinvention, it will be apparent that numerous variations andmodifications thereof may be made without departing from the underlyingprinciples of the invention. I

therefore desire, by the following claims, to in clude within the scopeof the invention, all such variations and. modifications by whichsubstantially the results of my invention may be obtained through theuse of substantially the same or equivalent means.

I claim:

1. A necktie rack comprising a pair of horizontally spaced bracketsconstructed for rigid attachment to a support, a pair of tie supportingrods joining said brackets, said rods being parallel and spaced from oneanother in a substantially horizontal plane, a pressure rod looselypivoted to one of the brackets at a point beneath and between the pointsat which the other rods are joined to the bracket, and means on theother bracket for releasably holding the pressure rod in horizontalposition when it is subjected to an upwardly directed force tending topivot it to a vertical position and arranged to permit such upwardpivotal movement when manually released.

2. A rack for holding neckties comprising a pair of horizontally spacedbrackets, a pair of parallel horizontal, necktie supporting rods securedat their ends to said brackets, a pressure rod pivoted on one of thebrackets at a point intermediate and below the points at which the otherrods are secured to the bracket, and means on the other bracketreleasably to hold the free end'of the pressure rod in substantiallyhorizontal position thereby to press downwardly on neckties hung overthe supporting rods and increase the friction holding the neckties fromslipping from the rods.

3. A rack for neckties comprising a pair of horizontally spacedbrackets, a pair of spaced horizontal parallel rods secured at theirends to the brackets, and a pressure rod pivoted to one of the bracketsat a point intermediate the points at which the other rods are securedto the bracket, the other bracket having an open end J-shaped slottherein for the reception of the free end of the pressure rod wherebythe pressure rod may be held against upward movement when pressedagainst neckties hung over the other rods.

4. A rack for holding neckties comprising a pair of horizontally spacedbrackets, a pair of parallel horizontal necktie supporting rods securedat their ends to said brackets, a pressure rod pivoted on one of thebrackets at a point intermediate and at one side of the plane defined bythe parallel rods and swingable through said plane, and means on theother bracket releasably to hold the free end of the pressure rod insubstantially horizontal position thereby to press against neckties hungover the supporting rods and thus to increase the friction holding theneckties from slipping from the rods.

AUGUST FENZL.

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